Author Archives: Dan

The Mullet Strategy

Business up front; party in the back! (via kottke) This is kinda what has been done with watercooling.co.nz.

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JS vs. IE; round two.

So I learned (the hard way) that IE doesn’t like it when you create JS variables with the same name as the id of an element in the code. Thanks, Stuart.

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Irksome: Internet Explorer vs. JavaScript

So I’m coding a form and I want the user to be able to add more rows to it, if they wish. So when the user activates a control, I use JS to create some ‘input’ elements (including some radio … Continue reading

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Auckland Web Meetup

The Auckland Web Meetup was Thursday night and it was great! Some highlights: Sponno blending Mike’s iPhone. Another Mike’s Google Maplets Catching up with cool peoples. Tastiness. Such relevant, cutting-edge and pertinent presentations with great discussion, pizza and beer. The … Continue reading

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The Apple iPhone. In NZ. In my hand!

So we hire a new guy at work and on his first day (that’s today) he brings his Apple iPhone. Barely containing the drool, I had a quick play with it and took a few photos for your viewing pleasure.

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Social Networking

So I thought I’d figure out how many social networking applications I had accounts with. I was surprised when I saw just how many I was signed up to. Virb° The best layout/presentation/customisation by far. Profile customisation is amazing &emdash; … Continue reading

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HTML Emails

Jeffery Zeldman writes that email is not a platform for design. I totally agree, and am pleased that someone with clout is saying so. I know I’m more developer than designer, the medium that is email was never intended to … Continue reading

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From the train

I’m writing this post on my mobile phone as I’m commuting to work on the train. I must say that the WordPress interface could look/work better on this small screen. My phone usually carks it when I log in to … Continue reading

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New Sneak

This is a bit late, but Mike has redesigned. Simpler, and very nice. The woodgrain background is hot. The Georgia looks good too.

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Symphony

So I think I’m going to rebuild/redesign/relaunch this site on Symphony. Sorry WordPress.

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